Σαμαρεῖτις is the feminine form referring to a woman from Samaria, the region between Judea and Galilee inhabited by people of mixed Israelite and Gentile ancestry. Samaritans and Jews had centuries of bitter hostility stemming from the Assyrian conquest and resettlement. John's Gospel famously records Jesus' conversation with a Samaritan woman at Jacob's well, breaking multiple social taboos by speaking to both a woman and a Samaritan. The dialogue becomes one of Scripture's most profound theological exchanges about worship, revelation, and messianic identity.